CDU - Conservative Party? Analysis of the debate on CDU's policies and idea program

Diploma thesis CDU Conservative Party? Analysis of the debate on CDU's policies and idea program deals with Christian Democratic Union as a catch-all party and with its currently idea course since the leading by Angela Merkel. The thesis analyses the history of CDU and their position in the German party system. This topic is focused in the last part where the relation between CDU and church, as a traditional partner, is described as well the questions connected with bioethics, family policy, integration of immigrants, national identity, cancelling of military duty and energy (power plant) policy. CDU after melting of catholic milieu meets problems which are concluded from the society secularization and therefore with decreasing of voters support. The liberalization tendency in the society affects also the CDU party which follows this trend and leaves the originally ideas. This program change and drifting the party to the left of the centre of political spectrum causes some movement critical to CDU, initiated by actual as well former party members. According them the party lost the conservative identity and leaves one of the pillars of the own policy which is formally declared. This creates an insoluble situation in which the traditional voters are not satisfied, on the other hand the party is not..